Back at the receiving route, Mingyue found Selene dealing with the first transport's pilot.
His ship had reached the freight ground while she was at the water-control building. The wounded had been brought along the checked road, with the two attendants he had promised to send.
He was speaking through Vesa's maintained connection. Mingyue could hear his impatience while Selene told him where the passengers had been taken.
"The last carrier came back without our attendant," the pilot said. "Where did she go?"
"With the patient who couldn't lie flat." Selene caught a man about to push another bed across their path and turned him toward the clear side of the entrance. "And she'll be easier to find if you let someone answer."
A bed passed them toward Edonia. The woman walking beside it wore the same plain work clothes as the people waiting at the freight ground.
Mingyue asked her whether she was one of the ship's attendants.
She nodded.
"Tell your pilot where you're going."
